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A man was killed when he was struck by a vehicle early Sunday in Silver Spring, according to Montgomery County police.

Officers and Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service crews responded shortly after 4:30 a.m. to a report of a pedestrian struck by a vehicle in the area of New Hampshire Avenue and Rodney Road, police said Sunday morning in a statement. 

The man was pronounced dead at the scene, the statement said. The adult driver of the vehicle was uninjured.  

No information about how the collision occurred was provided.

Police are investigating the collision and will provide the name of the pedestrian following the proper notification of next of kin, the statement said.

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